BEETHOVEN’S NINTH
Iván Fischer, conductor
Lisa Milne, soprano
Jorma Silvasti, tenor
Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass
The Dessoff Symphonic Choir
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor
The finale of Lincoln Center’s “Beethoven Then and Now: The Complete Symphonies” series, a five-day Beethoven extravaganza, featuring Iván Fischer leading the Orchestra of Enlightment on period instruments and the masterful Budapest Festival Orchestra translating these works for today. This fascinating project offers never-before-heard side-by-side accounts of how these beloved symphonies may have sounded in the composer’s time as well as presenting them to the contemporary audience.
Avery Fisher Hall
Lincoln Center
Manhattan
Tickets available at Lincoln Center box office.
